This Week in Cruise: Lines Announce Plans for Post-Hurricane Return

Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Line will resume San Juan calls November 30. // Photo by JoseIgnacioSoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Major cruise lines announced plans for their return to Caribbean islands damaged by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria this week.

Royal Caribbean said that it will return to San Juan starting November 30 with a call by Freedom of the Seas. Grandeur of the Seas will call on Saint Maarten for the first time since the storms on November 10, while Jewel of the Seas will return to St. Croix starting January 8, 2018. All calls to Dominica remain canceled through June 2018; Royal Caribbean said it is closely working with the local government on a return date to the destination.

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Carnival Cruise Line reports that it will return to San Juan starting November 30 with a call by Carnival Conquest. St. Thomas visits will resume January 9, 2018, beginning with Carnival Glory, and St. Maarten visits will resume January 15, 2018, beginning with Carnival Sunshine.